[comp.unix.microport] Elm 2.0

alan@k0jfv.UUCP (Al Kiecker) (10/29/88)

Does anyone have Elm 2.0 ported to SystemV/AT (i.e., the 286 version)?
I have installed it (had to gin up a mkdir() function) but the delete mail
function causes the following:

Emergency Exit taken! All temp files intact!
Segment Violation signal!

If anyone has already solved this problem, I would appreciate receiving
the corrections (diffs) before I start to try to figure this one out.
What is interesting is that Elm 1.7 beta did the same thing, but Elm 1.5 
did not.

Thanks.

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johnl@n3dmc.UU.NET (John Limpert) (10/30/88)

In article <103@k0jfv.UUCP> alan@k0jfv.UUCP (Al Kiecker) writes:
>Does anyone have Elm 2.0 ported to SystemV/AT (i.e., the 286 version)?
>I have installed it (had to gin up a mkdir() function) but the delete mail
>function causes the following:
>
>Emergency Exit taken! All temp files intact!
>Segment Violation signal!

I saw similar problems with Elm 1.7, mostly the problems were caused by
code that dereferenced NULL pointers.  Get a copy of Elm 2.1, it works
on System V/AT without modification.  The only changes I had to make
were to add '-Ml' to the compilation and link commands in the makefiles.


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tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) (11/01/88)

In article <433@n3dmc.UU.NET>, johnl@n3dmc.UU.NET (John Limpert) writes:
> In article <103@k0jfv.UUCP> alan@k0jfv.UUCP (Al Kiecker) writes:
> > ... delete mail function causes the following:
> >
> >Emergency Exit taken! All temp files intact!
> >Segment Violation signal!
> 
> Get a copy of Elm 2.1, it works on System V/AT without modification.

This has _not_ been my experience with Elm 2.1.  I get the very same errors
reported by Mr. Kiecker.  (I'm at patch level 1  and did--as John suggested--
compile and link with -Ml options.)

Any suggestions welcome.  Thanks

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